Idaho stands to lose more than $75 million just from tax compromises that are now in the works, according to a group of whistleblowers who are current and former employees of the state Tax Commission - including one $203,000 tax break about to be handed to a taxpayer on his $7 million private plane. "This is the worst scandal I've seen in Idaho since I first came here in 1950," declared Robert Huntley, the former Idaho Supreme Court justice who's representing Rep. Shirley Ringo, D-Moscow, for free in her lawsuit against the state over the deals.

Ringo has offered to put the lawsuit on hold in favor of an immediate state investigation, along with job protection for the current Tax Commission auditors and managers who came forward with sworn statements about the deals. But so far, the state hasn't taken her up on the offer; you can read my full story here at spokesman.com, plus see the full documents.